Key purse



Nov. 12, 192 9. H. c. SCHROEDER 1,735,300

I KEY PURSE Filed April 4, 1928 Patented Nov. 12, 1929 uNrrED STATES HARRY C. SCHROEDER, OF CONCORD, CALIFORNIA KEY PURSE Application filed April 4,

This invention relates to key pouches and is an improvement on the key purse for which United States Patent No. 1,543,054 was is sued to John B. Bushnell on June 23, 1925. The object of the invention is to provide a support for detachable key links for securing keys within the pouch, the support being of an unique construction rendering it yieldable or flexible to facilitate its manipulation in attaching a key link thereto.

The link support herein described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings is of a broad faced, hook-like shape, the shorter end or up-turned portion of which lies in substantial parallelism with the body of the hook, thereby forming a base which when taken together with the body portion of the hook between the fingers can be lirmly held and the support readily insertion therein and the withdrawal therefrom of the key securing link.

In the annexed drawing which is mane a part of this specification, is illustrated the preferred form of the invention in which: Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the improved key pouch with the pouch in open position.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device showing the supports for the key links n different positions pivotally secured to the so pivot bar attached to the pouch, parts of the pouch being broken away. I

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on line 33 of Fig. 2 with a portion of the pouch broken away.

Fig. 4i is an enlarged detail showing the kerf through the supports, and Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail showing another form of the kerf through the support.

For a more comprehensive and clearer understanding of the invention, reference will now be had to the reference characters of the drawings, like reference characters indicating like parts through the several views and in which reference character 1 indicates a case or pouch which may be made of any suitable material such,

for instance, as leather or a fabric, having a back wall 2 and foldable wings 18 and 14 for closing the pouch. The wings 13 and 141- are provided with the usual elements 15 and 16 of a ball and socket snap manipulated for the I 1928. Serial No. 267,256.

or with any means for securing the wings in closed position that may be desired.

Tothe inner face and adjacent the lateral edge of wall 2 isaffixed'bracket 17 having end walls 3 and 4 in which is journalled shaft 5 for rotatably supporting supports 6 which are kerfed as at 9, the kerf extending through the upturned portion 8 throughout its entire length and throughthe bottom 10 of the support throughout its entire Width and continuing upwardly through'theface 18 of the support to a point lying in approximately the same horizontal plane as the bottom of eyelet 19 formed at the upper extremity of the support whichrotatably engages shaft 5.

The bottoms 10 of the support 6 have apertures 10?, preferably circular in form, therethrough for engaging the hook-like'ends 12 of the open key links 11, upon which a key .may be threaded, for detachably securing the open links thereto. I

It has been found that in the device, as manufactured in accordance with the speci fication in the former United States Patent No. 1,543,054, there issome difliculty experienced with insertion and withdrawal from the bent ends 12 of the open key link 11 from the. aperture 10" of the support 6, which difficulty is overcome by kerfing the support 6 which results in forming the bottom portion of support 6 into tines or forks by reason of the kerf 17 which intersects aperture 1O and permits a slight spreading of the tines or forks under the pressure exerted against the tines when inserting therein or withdrawing therefrom the hook ends 12 of the open link 11. The tines 21 in Fig. 5 are shown as having their ends beveled thus producing a substantially V-shaped recess for receiving the links 11 when'turned at right angles to the position shown in Fig. 2 for forcing the links through kerf 9 downwardly and into aperture 10 where they can be readily turned to assume the position shown in Fig. 2. i

The modified construction of the support shown in Figure 5 is identical with thesupport 6, heretofore described excepting that the end of the kerf 9 in theupturned portion 8, is beveled as at 21. The link 11 is inserted into the modified support by edgewisely press ing the hook end 12 thereof into the beveled end 21 of the kerf 9, thus spreading the kerf and permitting the sliding of the link 11 into the position shown in Figure 1.

Having thus described my invention What I now claim as novel and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A key pouch having a bracket secured to one of the Walls thereof, a supporting bar journalled in the bracket and substantially U-shaoed su 3 orts de )end1no' from the bar l. p l h 7 said supports havlng apertures 1n the bottoms thereofv and kerfs through three sides of the supports and intersectingthe apertures. 2. A key pouch having a bracket secured to one of the Walls thereof and depending supports rotatably related to the bar and terminating in flexible tines.

3. A key pouch having a bracket secured to one of its-Walls a supporting barcarried bythebracket, a supporting member journalled on thebar, said member having flexible tines terminating in upwardly turned hook like portions.

4. A key pouch having abraeket attached to one ofthe wallsthereof, a supporting bar supported bythe bracket k'erfed angular supports having, apertures through the bottom thereof supported by the bar, the kerfs intersecting the apertures of thesupport, the open ends otsaid kerfs being enlarged so as to permit theinsertion ,ofsaid key links thereat, and resilient open key links removably at tached to the support;

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HARRY 'C. SGHR-OEDER. 

